title: Coronary angioplasty after self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
abstract: Aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease share comorbidities/risk factors; thus, it is not surprising they occur concomitantly. With increased life expectancy of patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), the rate of post-TAVI percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is expected to rise. In the current report, we present two cases using PCI following CoreValve (Medtronic) implantation. Our cases indicated that the procedure is feasible and safe, but requires careful planning and understanding of the three-dimensional geometry of the prosthetic valve and its relation to the coronary ostia.
authors.affiliation: Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Jabutinski Street 39, Petah-Tikva 49100, Israel.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kornowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D015897:Comorbidity; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome